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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1913)
There are various ways of advertising, but--"Newspaper Advertising," like a bullet, cuts its way when you can't see it. THE CIRCULATION Th lrf nt Umchoi hnrnrln every Mcttun of Gllliiim County THE GRAIN MARKET Wbet-Club 81, Forty-Fold 83, BluestemSl. Barley $ GILLIAM COUNTY'S LEADING HOME PAPER VOL. 24 CONDON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913. NO. 18 Robert Morgan Resentenced to Hang in September .V Monday Night Hottest on Record Lare TJeaZ Estate Deal . County Court Must-Pay Globe Rill isDecision GLOBES BILL IS CORRECT; MUSTBEPAID Decree Rendered by Judge Parker Tie Fint ofThii Week. "COUNTY COURT EXERCISED FUNCTIONS ERRONEOUSLY" Acted Arbitrarily, Without Due Consideration and Without Sanction of Law. In spite of the fact that former county jutlire Thiesson, as well aa others, trieil to convey the inference to the public by various methods that the Globe's bill to the county for the publication of delinquent tax lists and county court proceedings during the year 1912 was a plain robbery. Judge Parker decided this week that the Globe's bill was abso lutely correct and he has ordered the county court to draw a war rant in payment of same. In his findings of fact and conclu sions of law Judge Parker said that the county court, in passing on the Globe's bill,cted arbitrar ily, without sanction of law, without due consideration and without fixing a reasonable com pensation for the work, In Judge Parker's decree, in which he orders the bill paid, he also said: "It is considered by the court that the county court ex ercised its functions erroneously and to the detriment of the plaintiff." The supreme court of this state has once passed on this question in tho case of Flagg vs Columbia county and their deci sion in that case left no alterna tive in the present case except a decree in favor of the Globe. T. A. Weinke appeared as attorney for the Globe! LATEST HAPPENINGS FROM ARLINGTON Arlington, July 24, Special Walter Wade, a merchant of Olex, passed through Arlington the first of the week on his way homo. Ray S. Lamoreaux and wife left for Portland last Friday for a few days vacation. B. Marick, a farmer of near Rock Creek was an Arlington visitor this week. J. L. Blalock and wife left this weeK for Portland where they will spend a few weeks' vacation. Theo. Metca of Blalock was in Arlington the first of the week doing some trading. J. E. Stephens was in town Wednesday from Rock Creek. Rabh Strode of Olex was in town this week from Olex coming down in an auto to take out Walter Wade and wife. . H. F. Shanks and wife left the last of this wefk for New port where they will spend some time in their cottage by the sea. (Continued on page 6) LOCAL POSTOFFICE PATRONS REQUESTED TO OBSERVE LAW Kindly Asked Not To Electo rate or Throw Rubbish on The Floor. Postmaster McMorris requests the patrons of the office not to throw paper or rubbish on the floor nor to expectorate on the floor. There is a law against this and Mr. McMorris says he will so? that it is enforced if his request is not heeded. MORE STOCK SHIPPED TO PORTLAND MARKET Two cars of cattle were ship ped Monday, one by Geo. Schott and the other by Tom Hoover. Both were consigned to Portland. W. ('. Crown shipped a fine carload of horses Saturday to Tucoma where they were rc- shipped to Honolulu. E. P. Weir shipped two car oadsof cattle Tuesday to the Portland market. MONDAY NIGHT WAS HOTTEST EVER RE CORDED IN CONDON Thermometer Registers Minimum as Seventy Degrees. Monday night was the hottest ever recorded in Condon. The government thermometer regis tered the minimum for that night as 70 degrees, says C. F. Kenne dy, co operative observer, and this is two degrees hotter than any former minimum on record. The hottest day on re cord for Condon was July 9, 1911, tho tempeJature being 102 de grees. Sunday was the hottest day so far this year, the maxi mum temperature being 95 de grees. The hottest day in Arlington this year was 106 degrees and the minimum at four o'clock in the morning of that day was 100 degrees. RUNAWAY CAUSE OF SERIOUS ACCIDENT While driving in a hack east of Mayvilie yesterday afternoon about four o'clock, Mrs. Loyd Smith and three other young ladies had a serious runaway which ended with a bad accident to Mrs. Smith. When the team became frightened and ran the ladies jumped and Mrs. Smith fractured her right ankle very badly. She was brought to the local hospital and the fracture was reduced by Drs. Wilhem and Miller in the early hours of the morning. Dr. Wilhelm reports that it is the worst fracture he has ever encountered but says that Mrs. Smith is resting as easily as can be expected. Rev. Brady, who is now loca ted at Vale, is in Condon for a few days. Mrs. II. A. Hartshorn left on Monday for Colorado Springs for a vacation of several weeks, CITY COUNCIL ATTEMPTS TO EXCEED AUTHORITY Members Have Lovely Pipe Dream When They Demand Resignation of City Treasurer. Des tined To Be Disappointed. Where is The Rob? The city council at its last ses sion asked for the immediate resignation of the city treasurer, yes, they even demanded ic forthwith. By what authority, I should like to know, does this august body demand the resig nation of a duly elected.qualified and bonded officer? The excuse for thin petty action is hidden somewhere in the words:"Willful neglect of duty," although no instances are cited to back up the charge. Lest there may be some few who may take the council's expression literally. I wish to say that there has been no "willful neglect"' in the treasurer's office but the council has used it to cover up a trivial and undent grudge. Not a s:n gle member o' the city council has ever come to the treasurer" office to ask concerning the man ner in which the city's finances are handled nor have any of them asked to look over the books, yet they say that the books are not properly kept, that they cannot find out anything about the fi nancial condition of the city and several other like things that are the results of minds diseased by unreasoning prejudice. It is almost inconceivable that men of mature years could be so contemptibly small and they are rare but one or two of them have been gathered on Condon's council. The books are open to inspec tion at any time and great pleas ure will be taken in explains to anyone the system by which they are kept or in answering any question regarding them. It would, of course, be high treason A BRAND NEW MOVING. COWOY SPORTS in a COWBOY COUNTRY also I D Wil l J. i. YflLilulU CARTOONIST IN CLEVER AND These moving pictures show the in the open and the exhibition of Horses as well as Cowboy Sports. to 7, 1913. Exibited at CONDON ATHLETIC CLUB Saturday and to accuse any member of the city council with "willful neglect of duty," yet one of the corpora tions in Condon 'has never been assessed for 1912, at least the name does not appear on thj tax roll at all. Still Assessor Camp bell is the man , who originated the phrase "willful neglecf'and ! made the motion demanding the resignation of the city treasurer. Of course this corporation will be duly assessed and no one of mature judgment would accuse the assessor of "willful neglect ot duty," simply because of an oversight, yet this is practically what the city council did regard ing th city treasurer. ' The question of auditing the city's books has been sizzling in the council for several months and still nothing has been done in the matter. Nothing would please the treasurer better than to have this done at once as this would put an end to the vague rumors of shortages, irregular ities, etc., upon which certain notorious gossip-mongers have been fattening themselves and which, like the Irishman's flea, are not there when you try to locate them definitely. Why does not the council ask the Governor to resign and get some real notoriety instead of jumping on the poor, insignificant city treas urer? The Governor would pro bably resign about as quickly as the undersigned expects to. Does the council really think there is anything seriously wrong with the affairs of the treasury or is the money stored in the wrong vault? ' Whtre does the shoe pinch? II. A- Hartshorn. 3-REEL FEATURE PICTURES ie COMEDY HUMOROUS CARTOONS Rounding up of Horses and' Cattle $300,000.00 worth of Purebred Made at Union, Ore. June 2 Sunday Nights RAILROAD COM PANY-WILL BUILD WALK ON MAIN Sixty Thousand Feet of Lumber Already on Ground. To Connect on East Side of Street. The railroad company has shipped in C0.000 fet of side walk lumler with which to build a walk from the depot down the east side of Main street to con nect with the walk already built part way. KLINK'S PASTIME SOLD TO GUY CHAMNESS E. J. Klink has sold his pas time to Guy Chamness, the deal having been closed the first of the week. Mr. Chamness is an experienced man in the pastime business and will conduqt a good house. Mr. Klink does not ex pect to leave Condon but will work in the harvest field for several weeks before taking up anything else. . R0BT. MORGAN IS RE-SENTENCED TO HANG ON SEPT. 5 Petition Signed Asking That The Sentence Be Commuted. Robert Morgan', who shot and killed Virgie Hart and . seriously wounded U. T. Crane'on October 16th last year, was re-sentenced Monday morning at 8:30 by Judge Parker to be hanged on Sept ember 5th. He was taken back to the penitentiary Monday by deputy-sheriff Weed. Morgan spoke very highly of the treat ment he received at the peniten tiary. He did not appear to be at all nervous - and still insists that he is not guilty of the crime as charged- He is only a boy and much sympathy has been expressed him here. Peti tions have been circulated and largely signed asking, that his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. V J. E. Reynolds' ;shTppeL two cars of cattle Sunday to Port land.. '- .' A sample of bluestem wheat from the Wheatdale Stpck Farm was brought .to town today. It is five feet and eight inches tall. D. S. Brown left yesterday for western Oregon. " NOTICETO MACHINE MEN I have secured the services of a first-class gasoline man and if you want your engine overhauled either at my shop or in the field, give me a call and you will get first-class work. But if you want bum work done on your machine take it where they do that class of work for you can't get it done at Cantwell's, We will repair your engine, your combine, your header or anything you have to repair from a wheelbarrow to a traction engine. You will al ways find us at the old stand and at your service. IStf " David Cant well. LARGE TOBEY RANCH SOLD LAST WEEK Contains 3200 Acres and All Is Practically Level. ONE' OF THE BEST FARMS IN ALL GILLIAM COUNTY Consideration Was $98,000. Sold to Rudolph Kistling of .Portland. One of the largest real es tate deals ever made in Gilliam county was the sale of the E. O. Tobey ranch a few days ago. The ranch contains 3200 acres and is situated on Shutler Flat about twelve miles south of Arlington. It, was on this ranch or at least where the ranch now i-, that the incident happened that gave Shutler Flat its name. Years ago an emigrant party traveling the Oregon trail had a breakdown on this fkt or plateau and when they moved on an old brokendo.wn Peter Shutler wagon was left by the side of the trail and from that time that section of the county has been known as Shutler Flat. The Tobey ranch is one of the best in the county. It was pur chased by Rudolph Kissling of Portland and the consideration was98,000. Edgar O. Tobey, the former owner, came here in the early 80's with practically no means and by industry and good business judgement acquired this immensa tract of land. PROF. D. W. HAMMACK Courtesy Oregon Journal. Prncipal ( GillUa County Hik ScImI. D. W. Hammack is a native of the Bluegrass state and a gradu ate of. the State University at Lexington, Kentucky. Later he was grahted the L. L. B. degree from the Jefferson School of Law at Louisville, Kentucky. He taught in the public schools of hi3 native state and three years in the Laurel Baptist Sem inay, accepted the superinten dency of the Naches, Washing ton, schools in 1910 and was fust elected principal of the Gilliam County High School in 1912. He has given entire satisfaction and has been elected as princi pal of the local high school for the coming year. ... , J. E. Reynolds shipped two cars of cattle Wednesday to Portland. - r I t I